Students Highly Commended by children's author

Two of our talented young writers have received a ‘Highly
Commended’ certificate for their entries in the NACE 2015 poetry competition.
Vincent Ashby (13ADCL) and Oli Shaw (8MC) wrote poems on the theme of summer.
You can read their entries below.

The competition was judged by children’s author, Adele
Geras, who commented on the high standard of the entries, of which over one
thousand were received.

It’s Summer In Syria by Vincent Ashby

Written as if from the perspective of 6-year
old Nidal, a Syrian refugee whose experience this piece is based upon.